Songs for the second month of fall
1) a popular song taught in Thailand -
The Seekers (Karen Knowles) – Kumbaya
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhY1fxQXa3A
lyrics from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumbaya
Kumbaya, my Lord, kumbaya
Kumbaya, my Lord, kumbaya
Kumbaya, my Lord, kumbaya
O Lord, kumbaya
Someone’s laughing, Lord, kumbaya
Someone’s laughing, Lord, kumbaya
Someone’s laughing, Lord, kumbaya
O Lord, kumbaya
Someone’s crying, Lord, kumbaya
Someone’s crying, Lord, kumbaya
Someone’s crying, Lord, kumbaya
O Lord, kumbaya
Someone’s praying, Lord, kumbaya
Someone’s praying, Lord, kumbaya
Someone’s praying, Lord, kumbaya
O Lord, kumbaya
Someone’s singing, Lord, kumbaya
Someone’s singing, Lord, kumbaya
Someone’s singing, Lord, kumbaya
O Lord, kumbaya
Kumbaya, my Lord, kumbaya
Kumbaya, my Lord, kumbaya
Kumbaya, my Lord, kumbaya
O Lord, kumbaya
Another version of the song:
Kum ba yah, my Lord, kum ba yah
Kum ba yah, my Lord, kum ba yah
Kum ba yah, my Lord, kum ba yah
Oh Lord, kum ba yah
Hear me crying, Lord, kum ba yah
Hear me crying, Lord, kum ba yah
Hear me crying, Lord, kum ba yah
Oh Lord, kum ba yah
Hear me singing, Lord, kum ba yah
Hear me singing, Lord, kum ba yah
Hear me singing, Lord, kum ba yah
Oh Lord, kum ba yah
Hear me praying, Lord, kum ba yah
Hear me praying, Lord, kum ba yah
Hear me praying, Lord, kum ba yah
Oh Lord, kum ba yah
Oh I need you, Lord, kum ba yah
Oh I need you, Lord, kum ba yah
Oh I need you, Lord, kum ba yah
Oh Lord, kum ba yah
2) influenced by a PBS special honoring Paul Simon, a song, and the season
Paul Simon – “Still Crazy” – TV Special
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DJ9J_r_eP0
and
Still Crazy After All These Years
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rxe8vlhdKYM
more complete version – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46bkXgxb66E
Still Crazy After All These Years
lyrics – http://www.lyricsfreak.com/p/paul+simon/still+crazy+after+all+these+years_20105958.html
3) Simon & Garfunkel – American Tune – lists lyrics
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wNXy0sExEs
Ron Paul: An American Tune – political use -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkcAQ4X8Omg
lyrics – http://www.lyricsfreak.com/p/paul+simon/american+tune_20105960.html
4) after a local change in government
The Times They Are A Changing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEeWsQ7LZqk - sung by Peter Paul and Mary
Lyrics at http://www.bobdylan.com/songs/times.html - song by Bob Dylan
5) Arlo Guthrie/Alice’s Restaurant – a song for Thanksgiving
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_7C0QGkiVo
story and lyrics at http://www.fortunecity.com/tinpan/parton/2/alice.html
songs for the high holidays
songs for the high holidays
1) Leonard Cohen – “Who by Fire”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZ3Pxho-B4k
Who By Fire Lyrics (Leonard Cohen)
And who by fire, who by water,
who in the sunshine, who in the night time,
who by high ordeal, who by common trial,
who in your merry merry month of may,who by very slow decay,
and who shall I say is calling?
And who in her lonely slip,
who by barbiturate,
who in these realms of love,
who by something blunt,
and who by avalanche,
who by powder,
who for his greed,
who for his hunger,
and who shall I say is calling?
And who by brave assent, who by accident,
who in solitude, who in this mirror,
who by his lady’s command, who by his own hand,
who in mortal chains, who in power,
and who shall I say is calling?
http://www.seeklyrics.com/lyrics/Leonard-Cohen/Who-By-Fire.html
2) Leonard Cohen Hallelujah
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rf36v0epfmI
lyrics - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FC4bJl_X9M
Hallelujah – Leonard Cohen
(from Leonard Cohen Live in Concert) with lyrics
I’ve heard there was a secret chord that David played,
and it pleased the Lord
But you don’t really care for music, Do you
It goes like this, the fourth, the fifth
The minor Fall, The major lift,
The baffled king composing, hallelujah
Your faith was strong but you needed proof
You saw her bathing on the roof
Her beauty in the moonlight overthrew you
She tied you to a kitchen chair, she broke your throne
she cut your hair and from your lips she drew the halleujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Baby I’ve been here before
I know this room, I’ve walked this floor
I used to live alone before I knew you
I’ve seen your flag on the marble arch
love is not a victory march
it’s a cold and it’s a broken Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
There was a time you let me know
What’s real and going on below
but now you never show it to me, do you?
Well remember when I moved in you
the holy dove was moving too
And every breath we drew was Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Maybe there’s a God above
And all I ever learned from love
Was how to shoot at someone who outdrew you
It’s not a cry you can hear at night
It’s not somebody who’s seen the light
it’s a cold and it’s a broken Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah…
3) Ripple - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVdTQ3OPtGY
I use this tune for our Shabbat kiddush -
blessing the day, the wine, and the people.
lyrics at http://arts.ucsc.edu/gdead/agdl/ripple.html
Words by Robert Hunter; music by Jerry Garcia.
("Ripple" composed and written by Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter.
Reproduced by arrangement with Ice Nine Publishing Co., Inc. (ASCAP))
If my words did glow with the gold of sunshine
And my tunes were played on the harp unstrung
Would you hear my voice come through the music
Would you hold it near as it were your own?
It's a hand-me-down, the thoughts are broken
Perhaps they're better left unsung
I don't know, don't really care
Let there be songs to fill the air
(Chorus)
Ripple in still water
When there is no pebble tossed
Nor wind to blow
Reach out your hand if your cup be empty
If your cup is full may it be again
Let it be known there is a fountain
That was not made by the hands of men
There is a road, no simple highway
Between the dawn and the dark of night
And if you go no one may follow
That path is for your steps alone
(Chorus)
You who choose to lead must follow
But if you fall you fall alone
If you should stand then who's to guide you?
If I knew the way I would take you home
4) Have I Told You Lately That I Love You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tygpTfkK94Y
by Van Morrison
lyrics
Have I told you lately that I love you
Have I told you there's no one above you
Fill my heart with gladness
Take away my sadness
Ease my troubles, that's what you do
Oh the morning sun in all its glory
Greets the day with hope and comfort too
And you fill my life with laughter
You can make it better
Ease my troubles that's what you do
There's a love that's divine
And it's yours and it's mine
Like the sun at the end of the day
We should give thanks and pray to the One
Have I told you lately that I love you
Have I told you there's no one above you
Fill my heart with gladness
Take away my sadness
Ease my troubles, that's what you do
There's a love that's divine
And it's yours and it's mine
And it shines like the sun
At the end of the day we will give thanks
And pray to the One
Have I told you lately that I love you
Have I told you there's no one above you
Fill my heart with gladness
Take away my sadness
Ease my troubles, that's what you do
Take away my sadness
Fill my life with gladness
Ease my troubles that's what you do
Fill my life with gladness
Take away my sadness
Ease my troubles that's what you do.
5) George Harrison - Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWy9q24wfdU
lyrics
Give me love
Give me love
Give me peace on earth
Give me light
Give me life
Keep me free from hurt
Give me hope
Help me cope, with this heavy load
Trying to, touch and reach you with,
heart and soul
OM M M M M M M M M M M M M M
M M M My Lord . . .
PLEASE take hold of my hand, that
I might understand you
Won't you please
Oh won't you
Give me love
Give me love
Give me peace on earth
Give me light
Give me life
Keep me free from hurt
Give me hope
Help me cope, with this heavy load
Trying to, touch and reach you with,
heart and soul
OM M M M M M M M M M M M M M
M M M My Lord . . .
PLEASE take hold of my hand, that
I might understand you
6) Bob Dylan - highway 61 revisited
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BH8U_z7Q6c
Oh God said to Abraham, "Kill me a son"
Abe says, "Man, you must be puttin' me on"
God say, "No." Abe say, "What?"
God say, "You can do what you want Abe, but
The next time you see me comin' you better run"
Well Abe says, "Where do you want this killin' done?"
God says, "Out on Highway 61."
Well Georgia Sam he had a bloody nose
Welfare Department they wouldn't give him no clothes
He asked poor Howard where can I go
Howard said there's only one place I know
Sam said tell me quick man I got to run
Ol' Howard just pointed with his gun
And said that way down on Highway 61.
Well Mack the Finger said to Louie the King
I got forty red white and blue shoe strings
And a thousand telephones that don't ring
Do you know where I can get rid of these things
And Louie the King said let me think for a minute son
And he said yes I think it can be easily done
Just take everything down to Highway 61.
Now the fifth daughter on the twelfth night
Told the first father that things weren't right
My complexion she said is much too white
He said come here and step into the light he says hmm you're right
Let me tell the second mother this has been done
But the second mother was with the seventh son
And they were both out on Highway 61.
Now the rovin' gambler he was very bored
He was tryin' to create a next world war
He found a promoter who nearly fell off the floor
He said I never engaged in this kind of thing before
But yes I think it can be very easily done
We'll just put some bleachers out in the sun
And have it on Highway 61.
lyrics from http://bobdylan.com/songs/highway61.html
7) Story of Issac - Leonard Cohen
http://media.putfile.com/Story-of-Isaac---Leonard-Cohen
The door it opened slowly,
my father he came in,
I was nine years old.
And he stood so tall above me,
his blue eyes they were shining
and his voice was very cold.
He said, "I've had a vision
and you know I'm strong and holy,
I must do what I've been told."
So he started up the mountain,
I was running, he was walking,
and his axe was made of gold.
Well, the trees they got much smaller,
the lake a lady's mirror,
we stopped to drink some wine.
Then he threw the bottle over.
Broke a minute later
and he put his hand on mine.
Thought I saw an eagle
but it might have been a vulture,
I never could decide.
Then my father built an altar,
he looked once behind his shoulder,
he knew I would not hide.
You who build these altars now
to sacrifice these children,
you must not do it anymore.
A scheme is not a vision
and you never have been tempted
by a demon or a god.
You who stand above them now,
your hatchets blunt and bloody,
you were not there before,
when I lay upon a mountain
and my father's hand was trembling
with the beauty of the word.
And if you call me brother now,
forgive me if I inquire,
"Just according to whose plan?"
When it all comes down to dust
I will kill you if I must,
I will help you if I can.
When it all comes down to dust
I will help you if I must,
I will kill you if I can.
And mercy on our uniform,
man of peace or man of war,
the peacock spreads his fan.
8) Miriam Makeba - Chove Chuva
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GemqUlXe1Jw
Yesterday was a special day on my calendar. It was Shabbat Shuvah,
the shabbat between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, the shabbat of return
- to a better life, to the Lord's love. When I was young, I associated
the following song with Shabbat Shuvah - hearing a similarity with Chove Chuvah.
It was a popular song that I heard while hitch hiking to the beach.
From Sergio Mendes & Brazil 66, I thought that it was a love song and a religious song.
Written by Jorge Ben Jor, a Brazilian of Ethipian descent, it combines romantic
and spiritual allusions, about regrets about lost love and a pray for protection
of a divinely beautiful love. I will need to find a Brasiliane to explain it all to me.
The popular song's English lyrics are
As I stand here and Remember
when once our hearts were one
and everyday was spring to me
to be loved
and to be in the sun
Now the days are lonely
the song of love is still
they say I will forget you
but I say I never will
and it hurts with such a pain
to be alone and lonely in the rain
And it hurts with such a pain to be
alone and lonely in the rain
Chove Chuva
constant is the rain
Chove Chuva
endless is the pain
Chove Chove Chove Chuva
endless is the pain
http://www.lyricsdownload.com/thievery-corporation-chove-chuva-lyrics.html
Written by Jorge Ben Jor, Chove chuva's full lyrics -
Lyric:
Lá fora está chovendo
Mas assim mesmo
Eu vou correndo
Só pra ver o meu amor
Pois ela vem toda de branco
Toda molhada, linda e despenteada
Que maravilha
Que coisa linda
Que é o meu amor
Por entre bancários,
Jato, móveis, ruas e avenidas
Milhões de buzinas
Tocando minha harmonia sem cessar
E ela vem chegando de branco
Meiga, pura, linda e muito tímida
Com a chuva molhando
Seu corpo lindo que eu vou abraçar
E a gente no meio da rua
Do mundo, no meio da chuva
A girar, que maravilha
A girar
Chove chuva, chove sem parar
Chove chuva, chove sem parar
Pois eu vou fazer uma prece
Pra Deus, Nosso Senhor
Pra chuva parar de molhar
O meu divino amor
Que é muito lindo
É mais que o infinito
É puro e é belo
Inocente como a flor
Por favor, chuva ruim
Não molhe mais o meu amor assim
Por favor, chuva ruim
Não molhe mais o meu amor assim
Chove chuva, chove sem parar
Chove chuva, chove sem parar
O a ri a ai o
oba oba oba oba
O o o o o
a ri a ai o
oba oba oba oba
Mais que nada
Sai da minha frente
que eu quero passar
Pois o samba está animado
e o que eu quero é dançar
Este samba é misto de maracatu
É samba de preto velho
Samba de preto to
Mais que nada
Um samba como este tão legal
Você não vai querer
Que ele chegue no final
O a ri a ai o
oba oba oba oba
O a ri a ai o
oba oba oba oba
O o o o o
a ri a ai o
oba oba oba oba
http://www2.uol.com.br/cante/lyrics/Jorge_Ben_Jor_-_Chove_chuva.htm
Babel Fish Translation  |
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| In English: |
There it are is raining But thus exactly I Only go running pra to see my love Therefore it I come all of white All wet, pretty and disheveled That wonder That pretty thing That is my love Among bank clerks, Spurt, furniture, streets and avenues Millions of horns Touching my harmony without ceasing and it comes arriving of Meiga white, pure, pretty and very shy With rain wetting Its pretty body that I go to hug and people in the way of the street it world, in the way of rain to turn, that wonder turning Rains rain, rains without stopping Rains rain, rains without stopping Therefore I goes to make prece Pra God, Ours Mr. Pra rain to stop to wet my the holy ghost love That is very pretty Is more than the infinite Is pure and is beautiful Innocent as the flower, bad rain has please not wet more my love Please, bad rain has thus not wet more my love thus Rains rain, rains without stopping Rains rain, oba rains without stopping the a laughs ai oba oba oba the o the o the a laughs ai More oba oba oba oba that nothing It leaves mine front that I want to pass Therefore the samba I am livened up and what I want I am to dance This samba I am compound of maracatu Samba of black color Is samba of old black color you More than nothing a samba as this so legal You do not go to want That it arrives in the end the a laughs ai oba oba oba oba the a laughs ai oba oba oba oba the o the o the a laughs ai oba oba oba oba |
another version -
http://www.brazzil.com/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=9248
Chove Chuva
Jorge Ben Jor
Chove chuva
Chove sem parar (bis)
Pois eu vou fazer uma prece
Pra Deus Nosso Senhor
Pra chuva parar
De molhar o meu divino amor
Que é muito lindo
É mais que o infinito
É puro e belo
Inocente como a flor
Por favor, chuva ruim
Não molhe mais o
meu amor assim (bis)
Chove chuva
Chove sem parar (bis)
Sacundim, Sacundém
Imboró, Congá
Dombim, dombém
Agouê e Obá
English translation -
It rains rain
It rains rain
It doesn't stop raining
So I'm going to say a prayer
To God Our Lord
For the rain to stop
Wetting my divine
Who is so pretty
It's more than infinite
It's pure and beautiful
Innocent as a flower
Please, bad rain
Stop wetting
my love like that
It rains rain
It doesn't stop raining
Sacundim, Sacundém
Imboró, Congá
Dombim, Dombém
Agouê and Obá
9) Cast Your Fate To the Wind
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLJ1aZhKVhk
Steve Alaimo
Words by Carel Werber, Music by Vince Guaraldi
AS AN INTRUMENTAL by the Vince Guaraldi Trio, it peaked at # 22 in 1963
Competing version by Martin Denny didnt make the Top 100.
Vocal versions released later by Steve Alaimo (# 89 in 1965) and by Shelby Flint
(# 61 in 1965).
http://www.lyricsdownload.com/steve-alaimo-cast-your-fate-to-the-wind-lyrics.html
A month of nights, a year of days
Octobers drifting into Mays
You set your sail when the tide comes in
And you cast your fate to the wind
You shift your course along the breeze
Won't sail up wind on memories
The empty sky is your best friend
And you just cast your fate to the wind
That time has such a way of changing a man throughout the years
And now you're rearranging your life through all your tears
Alone, alone
There never was, there couldn't be
A place in time for men to be
Who'd drink the dark and laugh at day
And let their wildest dreams blow away
So now you're old, you're wise, you're smart
You're just a man with half a heart
You wonder how it might have been
Had you not cast your fate to the wind
10)Kol Nidre - sang on the evening that starts Yom Kippur -
played on a sitar - http://www.kolnidre.org/
played by an orchestra -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mgaICZS79Y&mode=related&search=
from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kol_Nidre
The actual wording of the Kol Nidre is as follows (in Aramaic):
"All vows, obligations, oaths, and anathemas, whether called
'konam,' 'konas,' or by any other name, which we may vow, or swear,
or pledge, or whereby we may be bound,from this Day of Atonement
until the next (whose happy coming we await), we do repent.
May they be deemed absolved, forgiven, annulled, and void,
and made of no effect; they shall not bind us nor have power over us.
The vows shall not be reckoned vows; the obligations shall not be obligatory;
nor the oaths be oaths."
Songs for the first weeks of September
The following are songs and poems gathered on a monthly basis to inspire myself and others. Also included are links to any available videos.
David Stoloff – stoloffd@easternct.edu
September 2007
1) The Great Mandela – about being on the great line, the wheel, taking one’s place as we progress together to our ends. Made famous by Peter, Paul, and Mary -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vj1YxTl1e2I&mode=related&search=
So I told him
That he’d better
Shut his mouth
And do his job like a man
And he answered,
“Listen, father,
I will never
Kill another”
He thinks he’s better
Than his brother that died
What the hell does
He think he’s doing
To his father
Who brought him up right?Take your place on
The Great Mandella
As it moves through your brief moment of time
Win or lose now
You must choose now
And if you lose you’re only losing your lifeTell the jailor
Not to bother
With his meal
Of bread and water today
He is fasting
Till the killing’s over
He’s a martyr
He thinks he’s a prophet
But he’s a coward
He’s just playing a game
He can’t do it
He can’t change it
It’s been going on for ten thousand yearsTake your place on
The Great Mandella
As it moves through your brief moment of time
Win or lose now
You must choose now
And if you lose you’re only losing your lifeTell the people
They are safe now
Hunger stopped him
He lies still in his cell
Death has gagged his accusations
We are free now
We can kill now
We can hate now
Now we can end the world
We’re not guilty
He was crazy
And it’s been going on for ten thousand years!Take your place on
The Great Mandella
As it moves through your brief moment of time
Win or lose now
You must choose now
And if you lose you’ve only wasted your life
2) Here’s one from the Grateful Dead about starting new eras of one’s life. Was a popular song when I roomed into my residential hall as a first-year undergraduate at Stony Brook in 1970 -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EoQ3GkH4Zc
“Uncle John’s Band”
Words by Robert Hunter; music by Jerry Garcia
Copyright Ice Nine Publishing; used by permission
Well, the first days are the hardest days,
don’t you worry anymore
When life looks like Easy Street
there is danger at your door
Think this through with me
Let me know your mind
Wo-oah, what I want to know
is are you kind?
It’s a Buck Dancer’s Choice, my friend,
better take my advice
You know all the rules by now
and the fire from the ice
Will you come with me?
Won’t you come with me?
Wo-oah, what I want to know,
will you come with me?
Goddamn, well I declare
Have you seen the like?
Their walls are built of cannonballs,
their motto is Don’t Tread on Me
Come hear Uncle John’s Band
by the riverside
Got some things to talk about
here beside the rising tide
It’s the same story the crow told me
It’s the only one he know -
like the morning sun you come
and like the wind you go
Ain’t no time to hate,
barely time to wait
Wo-oah, what I want to know,
where does the time go?
I live in a silver mine
and I call it Beggar’s Tomb
I got me a violin
and I beg you call the tune
Anybody’s choice
I can hear your voice
Wo-oah what I want to know,
how does the song go?
Come hear Uncle John’s Band
by the riverside
Come with me or go alone
He’s come to take his children home
Come hear Uncle John’s Band
playing to the tide
Come on along or go alone
he’s come to take his children home
3) Here’s a long weekend song for you – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWxA3e9f6rY - from Chicago -
Saturday in the park
I think it was the fourth of july
Saturday in the park
I think it was the fourth of july
People dancing, people laughing
A man selling ice cream
Singing italian songs
(fake italian lyric)
Can you dig it (yes, I can)
And Ive been waiting such a long time
For saturday
Saturday in the park
Youd think it was the fourth of july
Saturday in the park
Youd think it was the fourth of july
People talking, really smiling
A man playing guitar
Singing for us all
Will you help him change the world
Can you dig it (yes, I can)
And Ive been waiting such a long time
For today
Slow motion riders fly the colors of the day
A bronze man still can tell stories his own way
Listen children all is not lost
All is not lost
Funny days in the park
Every days the fourth of july
Funny days in the park
Every days the fourth of july
People reaching, people touching
A real celebration
Waiting for us all
If we want it, really want it
Can you dig it (yes, I can)
And Ive been waiting such a long time
For the day
http://www.lyricsfreak.com/c/chicago/saturday+in+the+park_20029896.html
4) Here’s a song to share -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4ILM7EvGsA
Beatles | Because Lyrics
Because the world is round it turns me on
Because the world is round…aaaaaahhhhhh
Because the wind is high it blows my mind
Because the wind is high……aaaaaaaahhhh
Love is all, love is new
Love is all, love is you
Because the sky is blue, it makes me cry
Because the sky is blue…….aaaaaaaahhhh
Aaaaahhhhhhhhhh….
*****
Here’s some songs from Thailand -
5) Welcome to Thailand (Thai Version) by Carabao
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYXe7afFyzc
6) Another – http://www.ethaimusic.com/lyrics/k_001.htm
This song is called “kon ruk gun” (People Who Love Each Other) from the album I-Zax. It is a love song about a couple that have seemingly grown apart. The singer feels like he doesn’t understand what has happened. He says why has so many days gone past without them seeing each other.
gee wun…. gee wun ma laew tee mai jer
How many days….how many days have gone since we last met?
gee keun…. tee ror dtae ter dtae ter yoo nai
How many nights….have I waited for only you, but where are you?
nee rer tee ter wa ruk laew mun yung ngai gert a-rai mun gert a-rai
Is this what you call love? What has happened?
klai klai mai ruk gun jing reu chun mun kit bai eng
It’s like we’re not really in love, or maybe I’m just thinking about it too much.
mai kow jai mai me wun kow jai
I don’t understand, there hasn’t been a day when I understood
gor kon tee ruk gun kow mai tam bap nee
People who love each other, they don’t act like this.
mai nee na bai mai tam hai krai dtong ror ger
They don’t just disappear from each other, they don’t make each other wait in vain.
kon tee kow ruk gun kow dtong kit teung gun sa-mer
People who love each other, they think about each other all the time
dtong mai ting eek kon hai per koi
They don’t just leave the other person to wait anxiously.
klai klai ja ting gun baireu chun mun kit bai eng
It’s like we’ve already split up, or maybe I’m just thinking about it too much
jep bai eng jep bai mot tung hua-jai
It hurts me too much, it hurts the whole of my heart
gor kon tee ruk gun kow mai tam bap nee
People who love each other, they don’t act like this.
mai nee na bai mai tam hai krai dtong ror ger
They don’t just disappear. , They don’t make each other wait in vain
kon tee kow ruk gun kow dtong kit teung gun sa-mer dtong mai ting eek kon…
People who love each other, they think about each other all the time. They don’t just leave.
gor kon tee ruk gun kow mai tam bap nee
People who love each other, they don’t act like this.
mai nee na bai mai tam hai krai dtong ror ger
They don’t just disappear, they don’t make each other wait in vain.
kon tee kow ruk gun kow dtong kit teung gun sa-mer
People who love each other, they think about each other all the time.
dtong mai ting eek kon hai per koi
They don’t just leave the other person to wait anxiously.
dtong mai tam rai hua-jai… kon ruk gun
You musn’t hurt the heart of someone you love.
http://www.ethaimusic.com/lyrics/001.htm
7) A song from my children’s childhood and my second childhood -
Toy Story – Intro Song – “You’ve Got a Friend in Me”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zB2gPZRsz0Q&mode=related&search=
You’ve got a friend in me
You’ve got a friend in me
When the road looks rough ahead
And you’re miles and miles
From your nice warm bed
Just remember what your old pal said
Boy, you’ve got a friend in me
You’ve got a friend in me
You’ve got a friend in me
You’ve got a friend in me
You’ve got troubles, well I’ve got ‘em too
There isn’t anything I wouldn’t do for you
We stick together and we see it through
You’ve got a friend in me
You’ve got a friend in me
Some other folks might be
A little bit smarter than I am
Bigger and stronger too
Maybe
But none of them will ever love you the way I do
It’s me and you
And as the years go by
Boys, our friendship will never die
You’re gonna see
It’s our destiny
You’ve got a friend in me
You’ve got a friend in me
You’ve got a friend in me
8) Here’s a companion song to the one I shared above from Toy Story 2 -
When she loved me
Sarah mc lachlan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZ5TIXBR7vI&mode=related&search=
When somebody loved me, everything was beautiful
Every hour we spent together, lives within my heart
And when she was sad, I was there to dry her tears
And when she was happy, so was i, when she loved me.
Through the summer and the fall, we had each other, that was all
Just she and I together, like it was meant to be
And when she was lonely, I was there to comfort her
And I knew that she loved me.
So the years went by, I stayed the same
And she began to drift away, I was left alone
Still I waited for the day, when she’d say “i will always love you.”
Lonely and forgotten, never thought she’d look my way,
She smiled at me and held me, just like she used to do,
Like she loved me, when she loved me
When somebody loved me, everything was beautiful,
Every hour we spent together, lives within my heart
When she loved me.
http://www.lyrics007.com/Sarah%20McLachlan%20Lyrics/When%20She%20Loved%20Me%20Lyrics.html
9) Here’s a more cheerful song about friendship -
http://www.mamarocks.com/friendship_song.htm
Friendship!
If you’re ever in a jam, here I am
If you’re ever in a mess, S-O-S
If you ever feel so happy, you land in jail;
I’m your bail.
It’s friendship, friendship, just a perfect blendship.
When other friendships have been forgot,
Ours will still be hot.
Lah-dle-ah-dle-ah-dle dig, dig, dig.
If you’re ever up a tree, phone to me.
If you’re ever down a well, ring my bell.
If you ever lose your teeth, and you’re out to dine;
borrow mine.
It’s friendship, friendship, just a perfect blendship.
When other friendships have been forgot,
Ours will still be hot.
Lah-dle-ah-dle-ah-dle, chuck, chuck, chuck.If they ever black your eyes, put me wise.
If they ever cook your goose, turn me loose.
If they ever put a bullet through your brain;
I’ll complain.
It’s friendship, friendship, just a perfect blendship.
When other friendships have been forgot,
Ours will still be hot.
Lah-dle-ah-dle-ah-dle, hep, hep, hep.
Make new friends
But keep the old
For one is silver
And the other gold!
There’s an iconic video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRqCQjeXuAo
featuring Lucy and Ethel.
9) a popular song on friendship from a popular TV show Friends -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=739JpsT-k8A&mode=related&search=
I’ll Be There For You
So, no one told you life was going to be this way.
Your job’s a joke, you’re broke, your love life’s D.O.A.
It’s like you’re always stuck in second gear.
When it hasn’t been your day, your week, your month,or even your year.
But….
CHORUS: I’ll be there for you
When the rain starts to pour
I’ll be there for you
Like I’ve been there before
I’ll be there for you
‘Cause you’re there for me too
You’re still in bed at ten and work began at eight.
You’ve burned your breakfast, so far, things are going great.
Your mother warned you there’d be days like these.
But she didn’t tell you when the world has brought you down to your knees,
that,
CHORUS:
I’ll be there for you
When the rain starts to pour
I’ll be there for you Like I’ve been there before
I’ll be there for you
‘Cause you’re there for me too
BRIDGE:No one could ever know me, no one could ever see me.
Seems you’re the only one who knows what it’s like to be me.
Someone to face the day will, make it through the rest with,
someone I’ll always laugh with.
Even at my worst, I’m best with you. Yeah!
It’s like you’re always stuck in second gear
When it hasn’t been your day, your week, your month,or even your year
CHORUS:I’ll be there for you
When the rain starts to pour
I’ll be there for you
Like I’ve been there before
I’ll be there for you
‘Cause you’re there for me too
I’ll be there for youI’ll be there for you
I’ll be there for you’
Cause you’re there for me too
lyrics from
http://artists.letssingit.com/rembrandts-ill-be-there-for-you-xm3f9db
Songs and words for August
This is a collection of songs that might be used to learn English, with a twist. I am trying to find video clips that include the song.
1) Here’s a song of reassurance for those making changes during this last month of changes.
Don’t Worry Baby
Well it’s been building up inside of me
For oh I don’t know how long
I don’t know why
But I keep thinking
Something’s bound to go wrong
But she looks in my eyes
And makes me realize
And she says don’t worry baby
Don’t worry baby
Don’t worry baby
Everything will turn out alright
Don’t worry baby
Don’t worry baby
Don’t worry baby
I guess I should’ve kept my mouth shut
When I started to brag about my car
But I can’t back down now
I pushed the other guys too far
She makes me come alive
And makes me wanna drive
When she says don’t worry baby
Don’t worry baby
Don’t worry baby
Everything will turn out alright
Don’t worry baby
Don’t worry baby
Don’t worry baby
She told me baby, when you race today
Just take along my love with you
And if you know how much I loved you
Baby nothing could go wrong with you
Oh what she does to me
When she makes love to me
And she says don’t worry baby
Don’t worry baby
Don’t worry baby
Everything will turn out alright
Don’t worry baby
Don’t worry baby
Don’t worry baby
The Beach Boys – Don’t Worry Baby – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QCZ_bv9aLc
2) Here’s a popular song from my undergraduate days by Jonathan Edwards, who sang at the Shaboo All-Stars reunion in Willimantic this month.
http://br.geocities.com/magroskibr/letras06.html
JONATHAN EDWARDS
Everybody knows her Well, everybody knows her
She’s the one to love
____________time to tell her
she came by to tell you
she wants you back again
try her love again
she’s a west waiting
for the sun to rise
you look in her eyes
the sun in her skies
says she wants you back again
try her love again
Here’s a charged version of this song – http://kingbeeblues.com/shetheone.mp3
3) Here’s a song that would warm me when I was a first-year professor at Plattsburgh.
I Wish You Peace Lyrics – Eagles – Patti Davis
I wish you peace when the cold winds blow
Warmed by the fire’s glow
I wish you comfort in the, the lonely time
And arms to hold you when you ache inside
I wish you hope when things are going bad
Kind words when times are sad
I wish you shelter from the, the raging wind
Cooling waters at the fever’s end
I wish you peace when times are hard
The light to guide you through the dark
And when storms are high and your, your dreams are low
I wish you the strength to let love grow on,
I wish you the strength to let love flow,
I wish you peace when times are hard
A light to guide you through the dark
And when storms are high and your, you dreams are low
I wish you the strength to let let grown on,
I wish you the strength to let love flow,
I wish you the strength to let love glow on
I wish you the strength to let love go on.
4) A song for parents dropping their children off a college.
Ticket To Ride – Lennon/McCartney
Lyrics:
I think I’m gonna be sad, I think it’s today, Yeah
The girl that’s driving me mad is going away
She’s got a ticket to ride
She’s got a ticket to ride
She’s got a ticket to ride
but she don’t care
She said that living with me is bringing her down, yeah
For she would never be free when I was around
She’s got a ticket to ride
She’s got a ticket to ride
She’s got a ticket to ride
but she don’t care
I don’t know why she’s riding so high
She ought to think right
She ought to do right by me
Before she gets to saying goodbye
She ought to think right
She ought to do right by me
I think I’m gonna be sad, I think it’s today, Yeah
The girl that’s driving me mad is going away, yeah, oh
She’s got a ticket to ride
She’s got a ticket to ride
She’s got a ticket to ride
but she don’t care
I don’t know why she’s riding so high
She ought to think right
She ought to do right by me
Before she gets to saying goodbye
She ought to think right
She ought to do right by me
She said that living with me is bringing her down, yeah
For she would never be free when I was around
She’s got a ticket to ride
She’s got a ticket to ride
She’s got a ticket to ride
but she don’t care
My baby don’t care
My baby don’t care
My baby don’t care
My baby don’t care
My baby don’t care
Here’s the video – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etjpcF2X_mY
5) Here’s the song about change in a changing month -
Words are flowing out like endless rain into a paper cup,
They slither while they pass, they slip away across the universe
Pools of sorrow, waves of joy are drifting through my open mind,
Possessing and caressing me.
Jai guru deva om
Nothing’s gonna change my world,
Nothing’s gonna change my world.
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million eyes,
That call me on and on across the universe,
Thoughts meander like a restless wind inside a letter box they
Tumble blindly as they make their way
Across the universe
Jai guru deva om
Nothing’s gonna change my world,
Nothing’s gonna change my world.
Sounds of laughter shades of earth are ringing
Through my open views inviting and inciting me
Limitless undying love which shines around me like a
Million suns, it calls me on and on
Across the universe
Jai guru deva om
Nothing’s gonna change my world,
Nothing’s gonna change my world
“Across The Universe Trivia”
Written by John Lennon, it was one of his favorites. He especially liked the lyrics.
The refrain “Jai Guru Deva Um” is a mantra intended to lull the mind into a higher consciousness. The words are in Sanskrit, and they mean “I give thanks to Guru Dev,” who was the teacher of The Maharishi. The “Um” at the end is the drawn out “oooohm” used in meditation to relate to the natural vibration of the universe.
http://lightworkdreams.com/AcrossTheUniverse.html
the song can be heard at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbirjVeI_Pk
6) Here’s a morning wake up song -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TWd3skb-Rw&mode=related&search=
Morning Has Broken
As Sung by Cat Stevens
lyrics by Eleanor Farjeon
Morning has broken, like the first morning
Blackbird has spoken, like the first bird
Praise for the singing, praise for the morning
Praise for the springing fresh from the word
Sweet the rain’s new fall, sunlit from heaven
Like the first dewfall, on the first grass
Praise for the sweetness of the wet garden
Sprung in completeness where his feet pass
Mine is the sunlight, mine is the morning
Born of the one light, Eden saw play
Praise with elation, praise every morning
God’s recreation of the new day
7) Here’s a song from Chicago and change and missing loved ones. Some fine harmonies by Chicago and visiting Beach Boys.
Sleepless hours and dreamless nights and far aways
Ooo ooo ooo, wishing you were here
Heaven knows and lord it shows when I’m away
Ooo ooo ooo, wishing you were here
Same old show in a different town on another time
Ooo ooo ooo, wishing you were here
Even though you’re far away, you’re on my mind
Ooo ooo ooo, wishing you were here
And I’d like to change my life, and you know I would
Just to be with you tonight, baby, if I could
But I’ve got my job to do, and I do it well,
So I guess that’s how it is.
Ooo ooo ooo, wishing you were here
Ooo ooo ooo, wishing you were here
On the road it’s a heavy load, but I’ll get by
Ooo ooo ooo, wishing you were here
Pay the price, make a sacrifice, and still I’ll try
Ooo ooo ooo, wishing you were here
My Little Town – Simon and Garfunkel